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Inadequate Sleep: A Public Epidemic
The pandemic has made achieving restful relaxation and sleep more difficult than ever. The natural ingredients industry provides solutions. It’s difficult for one to feel their best when they are unable to relax and attain quality sleep, and the number of people suffering from inadequate sleep makes it a public epidemic. According to the U.S. ...
There’s a Perfect Bedtime for Better Heart Health, Study Shows
According to researchers of a new study published in European Heart Journal—Digital Health, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), going to sleep between 10 and 11 p.m. is associated with a lower risk of developing heart disease compared to earlier or later bedtimes. While numerous analyses have investigated the link between sleep ...
Achieving Stress-free Sleep
The pandemic has only amplified the issues Americans are having with getting a stress-free night of rest. Natural ingredients may be the solution. It is shocking no one to say that Americans are stressed out. And if we weren’t feeling enough stress, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the nation to not only deal with the virus ...
New Research Reveals Shifting Priorities in Active Nutrition
Exclusive research has shown clear changes in the preferences and priorities of the active nutrition market, which will shape its progression in 2020 and beyond. The collaboration between FrieslandCampina Ingredients (The Netherlands) market research experts, FMCG Gurus, pinpoints three overarching global trends. Tapping into “a holistic approach to health,” “conveniently nutritious” and “conscious indulgence”will help ...
New Gene Responsible for Average Sleep Duration Found
The genetics of circadian rhythms have been well studied yet less is known about other types of genes that regulate how much sleep our bodies require. One research team studied several members of a family who require significantly less sleep than average, functioning normally on only six hours of sleep. They identified a previously unknown ...
Sleep, Perchance to Dream
People are losing sleep and fretting over it. Here’s why and how you can formulate products that help dreams happen. Tossing and turning at night could never be an Olympic sport. Too many people are really good at it. Delayed sleep onset, insomnia and half sleep/half flip-flopping are affecting more people than ever. The vicious ...
Screen Time Exacerbates Impulsive Behavior in Children
Some parents can believe that when their children are preoccupied with their tablets or TV that it may be a blessing – no rowdy behavior, or running around knocking over lamps. However, a new study showed that too much screen time can have a deleterious effect in kids. A study recently published in Pediatrics shows ...
Gencor Partners with Renowned Cannabis Researcher to Promote CBD Alternatives
Gencor (Irvine, CA) has partnered with Dr. Daniele Piomelli,the director of the Center for the Study of Cannabis at the University of California, Irvine, and the editor-in-chief of the first peer-reviewed journal on cannabis and the cannabinoids, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, to help promote natural alternatives to CBD within the industry. Piomelli, who is a distinguished professor ...
Insomnia Can Cause Loneliness and Social Isolation
New research indicates that people who sleep poorly are more likely to suffer socially. A team at the University of California, Berkeley , (UC Berkeley) has found that sleep-deprived individual report feeling lonelier and less inclined to engage with others, and avoid close contact, similar to those who have social anxiety. This withdrawn, almost aloof ...
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